The Sun. — London, England, 1818-02-18 00:00:00

„ 11 16 P t re, ;elf :he 1 1 c h' ' - • , . . ...: • . ~ . Yten or x it,' • •• - - 7 '. • •• tan, I , . - . i•ztsa. co..ittardes. He flit iter repre 'teehs-::, I , '"r " c4 - t" he -posse,s;eil of, all 'the finer ' '' '' s t hat ath;r o 1., i i iey and pathercallt• o e t t . t ..- , 1 ► , „ , • it'f'd Ilri...ntisery to tiiticli'he hail been soh . .1,-letetli heing.tnricleoiit' liii.nrife and 'children, Itt "!ere thus ►made to 'fill hp his or!) of 'hitter" s i ti e , ll ' itm ead Of proviit z , ,, tas heretofore, :e eetest blessing of lii's exi , tetice. The Noble, Loral next drove/tried to ititrocince 4) the House 111 W") tielinsit ions'in. a d e by TtiOnias Savage ,and Jo - 11..ui Mitch 01, win') had bet!) 'reuidarly nonv,iete(! 43 , vi being coneernetl in . the dreatifill trtiCee..oil3. I'a'n, 'jell ha l taken place at teieeSter and Nottillg' :veand 'bad suffered death. ,these Men', On the ()( t6it execution, hml Made a last at"teg'"' t'eadtheir eountry for the crim es they halt cmittlit- A L ' 1 a:hill confession of 'V.,lial they knew of . istt l i t3nta ctimi referred to. Their depositiout ,deen taken by the Nitigistra!es of the place; Ina( tr „ . ell i , hsnutted to Ittivertiment by Mr. Mond iv. Ny e intifeisiott of Joshua Miteliell' representtt nt 3 t r , 4 , t6.ll uVe tirge t i binyto the etuninissioil of the t,:r,),-,'"einotts criines. It minutely. detailed :tl) ,e • ii ii - , i ''" "i the persons whO had combined for tl ap r i ," °t a of destroying machinery, and made it IV, %," t hat Ward li id teMpted men to Cotnnot r 0 1 . 01 , ° "..elice, by offering or -giving thent.suinii t.! , Iti;:Y, v arying i n amount according to the,nag nt.. Ae l - ,, °1 the crinte'lt e desited th:•iti to perpetrate. • In Ikl inth eeaets of.atrocit y; he h ad tifferetirwa ) rd i s `4lltevjwito should sh oo t var iti us i n di v id ua l s; C e i lerp r i` Petions, a joioneyntallWlin had worked , in. : I vitil e ' l e , e, tas to lie shot as an example. The Ho i • , to ;I ': letting- to thi4 ',airier,' Might he" disposed to,o'''"it that what . it. stated. wits: fithithmS. They li.l)._enulliliiri,::lliy be prev.,eed to hear that iliftli4"l to commit murder. The fact, howev!.!•, •itittb.‘/.4)een elearly proved - on the. tri:4l;' that aisks..si- of '''' - - 1 11 , i" had. bee n regularly plantretl,. arid. t lie • prt ce ar -11rd er 4 8 regularly fixed as that of stock,itigs . I) e ,,Y conittion• article of t r a ffi c cou ld havel l . e 2 l) . Th e de pos i tion further stated 101. to have. 11 :s i ll , "vetoed as the price of . the deitli of aftice i,)r, who had bec ome o b nox i ous to the conspiriti,- ith r i a nd SI. f or t h e murder of his- Joarneyilt a , tin ' had worked uHder rice. Att er . th e cotivic li 'lnt 4 - man w p ho w as tried for a 'felony 'BCE:64IO - Ward said, he would liave• the Judge ;in tried him don e for. ' S.,onie (14( nil / 6 1 " , 11 oil Ilia aiiiio;iticit ' ' ! '4l Gut ‘Vaird krsi s . , ig th'is f ( "i i; ' litre it ten and- declared he ' was t.itert_ll36ft in" 1 , 1 ittitle. Thomas Savage, who was ctinvictettartew ;,.._4,!:,:ilterwards, made a deptisitio r n stin f iltar. to that 1 :.t . 1i he hittlinst read, Witliniit any previous cutltili w:llic'"'ion with ‘Mifelii.ll. .Ttie lasilliJit ot id i thesis ad by 'iti e , N oble t o „.d ., „ n d i t eOrroborit . the, eonleSsitio of Mitchell with respect to l it acied tiv ‘t.'•eril. After lie.Aring these . de j'.,°„si'i"ils, the 4j, -,„,re would he able to fil`rili' a .t)c,t.Per estimate of t tie Character of \Valli; , AVIle- , lii n r ) . l "' the evi!ence , vbicb "conta, be given against ‘ lici t) i , e ""glt toll,: put ',„ his trial , r. w:ata qu i e . : : h e ‘l , - ll," w hieh lie should not go . a:.'preSetit, 1) !t t hin °?"I a l)}l , -41 t o the Houseth there were tatly l'a'v e l" , 1 1 1 ", l'is mural character that ought to have li e 4, i "" from being committed to prison, after .. irtae' t elee iliarged on Oath With treasonable I'vtr ' : ': l l % : 1 , 1 " , (1 posittotis to teltic i:‘ ,ll i l l ii c i b l e itaidt , :•;:- d ; Sat, l2, , e ` I :tu sheen bt„lio-eil from 11 ` ) P e " 411( 1 , 1 " - h* 0 ' • nitiCli left 'hem ally th e . through()l:uutainctlinsia"cs the disclosuri-s .. Y ll'i:litlli!ki"g mercy eet , t i on hath had "" 1 ! it i p, ' e. No such exp einents \v ere „,"),'"ce over them' whet' nte".°4l' 4 l 'llici l—i ' l e by film) • I.', most bpionit moments . ~ ' Preeethia,. In I"- • lie trusted the e ‘l , -, their execution.. stateril ""Id not 'be rim away with by the expa . rit Le . tl eut s of Mr 'l'ai ' d i ureseuting liiinelt to - it must ' . . - e r - . ,: • 1 of men, 'Cl,,lvli 91 th'wcte intended to make 'a. false ' imp eb , t. fOl-.dizile t ionse and the country.. His case",? Illt ili• v t1( ; 1 g'rounds for instituting a P.ttle!- .: 1.1 ail 'lir( t; .1111 tiny lira tie allegatititis contait i i C.„ - •le petit oats on their 'rabl-e.•The comilitet o f . /4,1 Plintent, lie was satisfied, ,woold prove t.tati ‘, lit t 2r Y t ° every individual in the Committee .11()W itnt l i r li i " it would be seen that no one 11'd b egin 't'''i,( outlet the latt , 'Act 'but int' the ist "te! - I t . i 44 e.neegiven oil. oath, and. on 4,l(‘lvi,6l4eis of the Crown. All possible evidence the. advice of ill e. Cen,i'ieen 1i.4(1 before the-Committee, with the ex e2.tit"." nf the nam es o f t h e persons furntsliing se a - Iv( .14f()1. 2 1 "i"rt. . That these shoidtl.be wituhel. ,I 411(1 n". e p - ptis.e or offend the•iltaitse, tiniest Ir ' i l l' wisi' ' ( ''' t° 'lefty Ministers the aicl.of •s•ectret et„,l lii , i-efte e in tlaitxerous times. t When - .; bow " . .. It w s See , t b a ' • its. were in .pro kre..s.. )1 w . ) . , t cons,lptrac • ifi'f)fri:l.'le .ditll itiCo"tjllalii:pareelisie.in7lrtehraet t4i‘:l-3:v.1:4:-"clein'fitil:alcarielld' 11:11t1.11:1:iliullitt,1:1:bieheYI)seaertle.oil I l l i t y tu t ' l l i et oCha":111e :‘il:ra:l'ele:llt.ri(remttnssiehl:el .6: persons, tcontinirted to •prison . too tie ttle circumstances art ~ the case, that no 0n .7 t aai ed lY Neitive on th e pa r t ,r4' ,Ministers had ant- ‘ t ttst - eC e lll to use tttittecessaTily,the ,powers • . a ' .1-''tlie,te. them by Valli:tint-At.' , They litatl.ne :lune s o, tteted with vigour, .;and hail they! ilot 'lad D.,„ 1 , 1 4 was convinced the flutist woule& have w as --( lts of the. danger which•iiiaa existect. tliat.'it it w. R ll° t the wish of the Government to - afford.; as ra ite ' s their object to prevent itasiirrectkonarx-Amt tle ci 4 ,' Ile finished by givitig•the motion, 'W A most ti e d., , Zr ,legßtlre. . Al oe %; jbli N SMITH .0101101 r that there ,was tint li ef. ° NI in the Petition of Warti eur'.de , l"tp be 7 - art . tie'then proceeded to show thi .tit unjustly ii n , d l i gned the conduct of theNtagist,eates of Not- x 1 1 25 " i{ ni 'than whom there could') •• en . Jot be found in ir, , "ntry more -honourable intlid oa l s exerci '%io"tit'le magisteriFd autliotity.: I .lle dying conies ! l y, nf Alitchell lie proved to be confirmed' t i f , a aitailar statement whicii . h e had made con ' 11 14' 1"Iti 'llY before Lous triel . ._, to a professional tift e n '' wit' bad . properly •. kept it secret •till e t'' Mitchell bad suffere'i. 'BA though lie wit • -, . : to n " need tl• te prayer of .IVaril was entitled. to no ' 1.11 8- e s4erl ' im " it ' lid 11 ' Jt tallo.N that he was tare- , 1 1 4 e to inqi t i re l ot' ; \„‘other Netitior,' J the•allegations contained in - 'Though to. s • oti. their table. ' ;:tirrl Cot iv • ( ' '' re . likely ' to do every thing i t 1: d i 14t),PS and li amanitY reqttired than the Nome k ii ,' : ' a t the / Jeatl of the' Department, he ve r ': . nn t "'ire that his 'intentions were arrays ke t i ed in, - effect by diStant gaolers and others je t '•"1.; vAnder him., Ile th ere f ore, f ramed as it was, i coul d not op ' t pose the present motion. 'S. ,:kle• GooLDING tilleWeti th at wha t h a d had been' „k. l ai d 01 the' treatment experienced hy James Sei , 21's: on Floillstott, .and John Knight, teas i is)tatitlett wisrepresentatio:i. Ile read a state • • • mut=t th;le by the gaoler, from it appeired they hallheentreAlvd , A . it4 the krefnteSt-kilizlS,S, and tat! beet! allowed indalgenees w .10 in tk it Sittlatic.n they had 'no right to expect. . Ele read,p [ester signed by two of them, .addressed to O l e Altve,istrates, to express their gratitude . to Mr. Eaststaff,. the 'kaitler, for his kindness .to them during their confinem e nt, and *for his generosity in tornishint - there 'With money when they were about tii eetrirn to their homes. • . Sir W. la3loll 41141 oot soapect the Noble, Lord at the head of the Home Department, nor any of his Malecty's Ministers, of disposition, to abuse the - poWers Atli=cli bail been given to thein by the Habeas corpus Saspension Act ; but, nevothe less, as they had a number ot• l'etitions before them Which complained of great hardships sus tained by the Petitioners, he held it to be the ditty ot . that House IO Instit u te an ini)oiry into the truth of the allegations urged against -Ministers, and should therefore vote for the motion. Illi:26oßDobi•wasno in the Hoose When Bagu ley's petition Was presented ;• but he had written to the Goyernor of Gloucester Gaol, whom he kneW to be t a man of great homanity,•and by hint he was authorized to contradict some of the ,gatious'which it cOntainedl • The petitioner had. stated that on his. arrival s at the rim' he, Wel3 . 'placed in a cist ern of ctild,water, •which irad Rlt effect-nt proaticing ti fever.'l'llegaoler . said, that •according to the rules of the prison he had ti'ek put in a wont bath, which •he hail sairt Wa very comfortable ; so fay from his.. being it in consequence of it, he had gone into prisot, on the 12th of-April, and had never been inj Jlksposed till the. 20th 'of' , May. His situation had been made as comfortable as posSible ; he • • had 'been permitted to walk every day ; lie was - allowed a 'guinea 3 week fOr provisions," and so .cayeful were the gaoler. and tile magistrates that he should not , be cheated, that limy, took upon, themselves . to eitanqiue all his hills. Baguley had • ex pressed himself satisfied with the treatment he reeeived. The visiting Magistrates had - been ad mitted', and any Magistrate of the county that \Visited to see the prisoner. ~Sir George Noll had, onrush occasions the gaoler had' taken'the - to,be out of the way, that hi, inisoaer •inight speak without restraint. Bat though this petition-was false.e-though all the petitions on the tale were false.. he.saw no reason tin rousing the - inquiry for. On the contrary .it sp. pe , ared ti, him; tinder - such c;rcutustances, to be the more detalrable,' Sir 'W:l7eutSl3 read a letter. which he had receiv ed; statment made by The la4t Sneaker, and statingihe prisoitet's contact to have heen orderly that. irons were never thought of for htth. He voted for the inTdry. Sir'F. BUitoSir was not satisfied With all he had heird of f'the good treatmznt experienced uy' these 'petitioners. He remembered when .the int/duct' of Aris, the Guyer:nor of Cold Bath fields',' wag under consideral hut, that similar statement'ss` had been made in his favour. Ya . by him (Ails) an act of cruelty:, had been •cciinguittcd only pat allel by that related ih"the caliOf a - prisoner in the Bastile, who had Made a friend of a :i;!'irler, and who, when it was his 'keeper, had telt the loss of . iris com panion (rtio . ugh so loathcome an anim.d) a, if it hail been dear . vst relation. A poor tuan, who had vee'n 'confined io'Cold Batli•fields Prison for fourteen or' fifteen months, had induced a bird to entite throUgh - 'the hats to hint, till the little ani mal g rew so familiar that it would feed with him, 'and usedtosit on his shoulder. . Aris visiting :01e o man . te: , illoroirtg, - -saw the" bird in this situation, and inonediatel i ypized it, and crushed 'tO death in his Arts,, he i'resole leeted with horritr, had prErved his Charac ter, notwithsondirM the charg•es brought against 'bigif and bad been - the subject of statement's -similar to those -. he - h4id hiard.this night,. Which had fallen froth 'Gentle:Mery who, lie bad no dOnbt, were couriatteed they spcykt ' - ro-th, but who had but little investigated the merits of the case. On :the isreQta' mea l s - ton, lteconterUled, it Mattered not what Ward toiglit he ; be a Luddite— ieT'llity he lhe roan who 'committed the late mur 'ders ItT GrVeltrmiCil i it was of no importance to this dehttic,las-Otat on which the kionse had to decide was the qvestiota, whether they should not in 'quit'e. if tkielietitionerinow before the House liad not hee . n.illi-grillycMifined, and as illegally fibe- . rare& 1 - le . ma , mained that the inquiry called'for WBST tiecessrtry; Many of the l'titioners spOke svel', of tlieirj.,ilors. It. Was said by one Of our '' Seldom the steeled jailor is the Mend' of It • now appeared that we had many kind-hearted jailors, but that " the steeled Aliirister‘ were not the friends of man." On ,the, novernment he charged all that the petitioners. 'Lad suffered. The imprisonthents which had taken lace Confci tioebe rielcuoled. as in them. both Magna 'Charm and the' Bill of Rights were violated. lVhile such 'powers were exercised. as were elainied by that' 11ouse, it was nonsense to talk of oriVhaving a Canstitution. He would ra ther such powers should he exercised bra King, 'fOr'theii the People might petition a House of Commons With some 11011eS tit - ohtaining . redress, A t - pieseut they Could only petition pro fornta • those by whom they were lopireo. 11Sr. WlL.BitrivoticE said' if he h'ad formerly spoken 'irt fii.ioor of Aris, tile Governor of Cold braf.fieldS*Priion, it was on the authority of Mr. Owen, the Chaplain-Getieral ; :and of a statement tt..stingon such a loundatiou as lie had' in that Genbleuran'i repOit, thr what he said never could be asheined,, NoW he had giveo, up his Authority, would the Hoh. Baronet give no his for the bird story . ? Ile 'Meant to vote again'st the proposed inquiry, as in his opinion the )lous e Could oat hare a stronger presumption that it was unnecessary than was furnished by the mass of falielitiodS which the Petitions before them vvere shcwri to conteMo; Ile defended %vitt! much ant ' (toil it'll and' elmOeirce the Suspension of the Habeas Corptis Act under Circumstances like those which 'had Marked the last year. • Sir F. BUSD'ETT s.tltt, rite story of the Bird he had heard trout an Flo's. Georleman, formerly Member for COYentrY (Mr. W. Bird.) Mr. WILBERFO4IC6 explained. • Sir S. ltoNitt.LY said, though Bills of tOderniiity had in other times followed Suspensions of the Habeas Corpus Act, one had never till now been louuded on the Report of a Cumaiitte. Tire cret Canirit:te:tras tat present sitting 13 s a Grand Jury to receive cy . idence femn the. accuser; but Unite from „the..,:tecused.., .Tl : e . Petitiooers, had .1 been carried , prisoners_ ,to„almost every oArs .of• the Kin•_..aloin., ..r hey ctiinplaitied,of having brew cut off troth all rO.9llllllliCA . t 101 l AV itil their friends,' and ;of :other , liardships.. ,:'.r hese tallegatioos ought to Jte inquired into, , that the. House . ~: . - might know, the • facts on 'which they were to: he called anon. to, pass a AM pt Indeinnity.--4- The „Noble swell, tali! that the Act of Intleninity of ,1801 was IQ, he the precedent for .the Act now iO,CoureinplatiOn. ~And Ket the Noble Lord said, `1 that lftes such alit Act vvas passed, I:trim's might brint; actious against jailers, pr others, for_cri i eliy, although the words of .the Act,ot .18Q1, expressly' providedobat all such a,ctions should be discharged.] It was with much regret he heard the:seniiinents which felt.frorn his I-ton. Friend,. (11Ir. Willicr force), lei here is prisoner complained of ill- . t reat-' ment; it was 'very strange that 'Ore.:answer of the' gaoler that•he bad notheen ill,treated was held as • ol complete refutation of .the charge. to .such cases tiie ; hottotir and :Veracity of .gaolers was ,not to,. - be, ,trusted. ; His Honourable Ft iend "(Mr. W.) said, that if the truth of ,the Facts ~. .. . iw the petitions were inquired Into ,'by, ,thcase I MeMbers' whit brought thenitorward, thti(then lie woutragree to an inviry , but that; as ,In tht - present case no such previous ,inildity, had heel) rnaffe, he'would not Vote in tavoor of the motiod tot a Coininittee Of Inqiiiry, bid his Hou.Priend forget that the Member . for Shrewsh.try, had ex presslyd state, that he had in quired into the truth of the statements in s ane of the petitions ? ,-li this, weteieeollected, he Bolted his,Hon. Friend would -tread back his steps."-The truth was; that aniti.. - quiry preparatory to a-,ltill of Indemnity was cont. uteneetl ~ by Ali iiisfers , themselves •,- an :inquiry where nothing was produced but the evidence -alone of the parties accused. The object of the present motion was, that the accuser's should have an opportunity •of . prodncing, their evi dence, He wished. it expressly to be under stoOd, that he did not mean to sty that any. -of the acts of which the petitioners complain ed were illegal ; . yet they wet e acts of gross cruelty atidoppression. Was -it nothingAat tnen Were arrested and putt in chains, and,carded.about front place to place, eipose& to the. eyes of ,tlie pirpolace, as the evidences-of that dreadful plot on which the system acted upon by Minist eoc was supported ? Ha verily believed iliat,the motive. in Moving about the prisorwr,s in irons from place to -place was to exhinit them to the public:with the view of producing•an effect of Ibis kind. ' It was to be,hoped, -thatt he Ilonse would -be at length toused to the danger of the system lately acted upon. 11 nut, 'the melancholy result Could easily be anticipated, For ev e n, as in-Rome of old, the frequent use of a Dictator- led to,the, perpetual Dictatorship, which finally destroyed the liberties of the people, 50 in this'coontly the freptent sus pension or die Habra; Corpus Act must end in its total repeal. Mr. AsuußsT, in a low tone, read-a letter ,giv ing an account of the stale of the Goal at Ox fold, trout the • ItepOrt of , 'the MagistrareS, Who hail e\pressly examined into;Ore truth of , the coma plaints made by some of the State prisoners. It turned ont firm) exa winati9n that all these cow 0 - 0 din r s were in terly unfounded or frivOlons. ,fr Nr. IloLstii SUMNEU thought that the Noble ' LOrd whose 11106 M) Wit* brought betorethe noose 1 had not acted quite fairly ; for although his notice referred to only erne petition, yet , he bad travel t I led into the cases of all the petitions laierbe- Ore the ,klous'e, by prisoners confined under. the Suspension Act. It so happened that he Or. Stunner) could speak as to the. truth , - ).f tibns iiione of titose petit ions—thatolOgden. With respe;f to . the petition he must say, that he (ibuld bring fOrwrd twenty witnesses to prove that 0g— den hittiseit bad contradicted many of the'allega tions in It. He could speak positively. on di is•suiv jeer ; for an -Hon. Friend of his, one ot.the. Ma ,gilitriites:.for,the county of,Snrrey, had visiteif tise• gant,,..and inquired into the (acts of Ogden'S:case. It'eerteinly was true that the ; prisdners• had been' put in. irons, bet not that he had , been heavily' honed ; end oil it representation being made' to the Secretary of State the irons were taken off; h Was expressly. proved by Mr. Dickson -(the most 'respectable andhumane Gentleman .who w a s em ployed to give medical advice and assistance .to prisoners) that, Ogden brought into , gaol with him that complaint for•which he afterwards derw,ent a skilful and successful operation. And so humane had been the., attention • paid to Ogden, that the titan himself repeatedly.. expressed-his thankfulness„. that . being brought 40 •gaol had been the means of curing bins ‘orthat complaint, which under less .skilful treatment than that of Mr. Dickson, . the prisoner, himself said. linigitt have tetminated The. prisoner had also expressed. much gratitude to the gaoler. ''So much for, the truth of the allegations in this. Petition, which Was the only one among- those before , the: House of . which h,e 14new any thing. Some Gen clement _however, wished to persuade the, House.. to believe till that the Petitioners stated ; and nothing that the gaolers stated in theirlustifica-i tion. It must .be its the recollectior, of thellouse that an inquiry was instituted souse years a.4 o ioto the state 'of the gaols of Liticoln and. Lancaster, the, result of which was, that there wat.no serious cause of complaint. An. Hon.. Baronet .(Sir F. Burdett) must recollect the result of a..CoMmittee .appointed at ' his instance to inquire into .the grievances of, a foreigner. ot. the name of Colville, who had, beets taken up and imprisoned. The re sult that the Cuitstitittee was unanimously of opinion that there was no troth in the allegations of the petitioner as to cruel:treatment. Sir F. 13u eney'r said, that ne was a. Member. of the Commit tee:mentioned by the llon..Gentletnan who spoke,last, and.r.hat that Committee had..been 1111dIlhn011i againse his. (Sir .F.-litsrdett's) opinion. ,IiF;NtIcT insisted . that the coin.Pbtint i)t which &Adel' had' been Fortunately cnred in pri shit was caused by his being frond lilacs to place ,heavkly maiptAined. the letter rend by . the Ilononrable Cient,lesoan (Mr. Aditir'st) was not contrndietioh t.) the allegations in the Petition'; Although sucli letters . ihight he proOncecLand. read :in the Howie by w a y of floerish, and .to. give effect to, the opposition to such a motion as the present, haven what the Noble Lord (Castlereagh) stated in no . ,stitaY cnntradicted Ott - a"centlnt'iieen by in his pettrion...,. l .As : ps,Tri, stafe 7 . rnent i ,ln th.e Peeition. : ot . Alr.,liagnley that e hitt he,en : phinged into a cold Nib, he,emald that he.had conversed with ,the petitioner spice that the statement Intil been, contrrn44 , ;,d, and that he said he, was avillink.ro .prove,r. -by Ilk A.• to its being said- kltar the p tilioner had refused ,tp, attend at . chinch, ht. ht7ggert the. lipase to attend to the.,reason given hy.thy peti .whtell, was, that ,he.woold,, not consent to sit ,in the sam.e ..pew with ii , prisoner itt a felon's dress. He believed all. the facts stated in the pe. tic ions to. be true, and he would therefore vote tot the..motiott. „ „.. . , Nr.:Pti . mu ars rose, midst much coughing and cries of . epiestbni,,to confirm . the statement tuade. by his Hon. Friend . (Mr. Bennet) relatih to s Ogdett,,, The ATTortNEv-GEr ERAr. said, no man Could read Ogden's petition, without observing that' it was ! .meant to convey the impression 'that the . weight of his chains had,causrd the hernia to . burst and , render a chirurgierti operation neces sary. l , t seemed „now to be.. admitted that .no such impression could be produced by A true stateriwnt of. the facts of .the case. Notwith.- 'sranding„ . was said about the Indelimily Ad•of . 1801, in point, of law that. Act would not any Truth y or oppression on the part of' a gaoler. 'After an /V.( a ggoler would still be amenable to a civil or . criminal prosecution for such acts of cruelty or oppression. His Learned Friend•(Sir Satituel-Rourill4had givetra colouring to tßese Vaies which %;ere not fair, 'when. Lie stated thatthe pi isoners were exhibited To•prodoce an impression on the public ntintl. fhe truth was, that in choosing the places of conqie- Meta for the persons whom it was necessary to arrest , the s ,,,f es t and Most commodious gaols were. chosen. •- The Noble Lord who brought forward the motion complained of the 7 pri .soners , beittg -set at large without trial.— Allere was nothing in the law that rendered it tie cessopy •to afetain a State Prisoner after it was 4onn&that. there.was not sufficient wound for a prosecution. The Secretary of State had a power :to.commit, and a power to discharge on his otrti warrant. Tice lion. and Learned {lent.. then en•- tered into an able discassi4n of the salutary effects produced by the arrest of the•rinpleaders of those plots,,which, if not then prevented, would have ovetturned the Government, the Laws, and the Liberties of the. Country. My. W. LAMB wished to say a few words in explanation of the vote which he should give. The .chiet allegations in the petitions were for unjust detention. The allegations of ill treAment wer e comparativelylew. if the motion had been for'a Committee to in q uire into 'the truth of ate allega. • lions of ill treatment, he would not have objected to it : •but the present twotion teas in such general reruns, that it invoked ques.ions which ought not to be sent to a. Committee, especially while there Was a Secret Committee hate sitting by a ! poi u t men' of the House, whose inquiries were directed to the general question. With liit tietc, b e f e lt i t hi s i h o y to vote agains• the motion. Lord FOLKESTONE t eplied.—t lo said lie It of no objection,that.the Committee for which he moved .should Committee. The House then divided— • the Ml oral • 59 • Against it , . 167 Majority against titr Motion.— ,--- ! --109 AiEsNE PR(cEss. Mr. OGLE rlloved for leave to briti2. in a . Rill to abolish Imprisonment for Debt On Mesuc Pr,)cess. —Negatived without a division. Adjourned at One o'clock this.unn .• : 4 ,ii1' 171 v . old 74.4 s tictt. it ibel. or itte not 1 ° for re: cons r but rye a "! . lb Lo ll '.` e of 113' •tcrit t%pok io 4 e r. . hie) 00 ! ) I. bard ot )ringin4 'lle Lit )9. :( hot 111ag ►eY hc~~ t1 04r.. t. 4 4: t t lec!F 5 rci; ;°; ( 10/ ) oil 5.11.1 " lsb trAt 4 " - '' (e w 3* It r rt ved, ith 11 , 5 i(iTtr JlllO 6 , I (isr;4 '1 )3 (1' 0 1 .4: ;0 0 111)r ) 113 ro!' Lorti, - m il 'of) _ O,l OO ; 1 s id ! .• :?igor"l. ; s") ebOT in tt,e es: e re „ov Me t" Ni O TC int °l '))ca rt '))ca rte Wei° g a Of lat h 6 :n 0- , li bco 1(1 cl ic " P 4itl i • co , the` 0 Fie From the LONDON- GAZE I:1E, FRB. 17. Carlton-Huse, Feb; 12, 1818. His Royal Highness the Prince Regent was" this day ple'ased, in the name and on the behalf of his' Majesty, to confer the honour of Knight hood .uponFtancis Baron de Rotterburg, a Ma jor-G;•neral. of . his Majesty's Forces', and a Knight Commander of the Royal- Hanoverian Guelphic Order. . Duchy of Lancaster, Suinevset-place, Feb. 12. His 114a1 Highness the Prince Regent has ap pointed Joseph FelMen, Esq. at Wetto►i-House, • Sheriff of the 'County Palatine of Lancaster, for the year ensuing. NORTH WALD+ SPRING CIRCUIT'. Huntl.l.totccarstt.,.•Esq., WILLIAM Ktixtttetc, Esq. 'Anglesey, Tusistlaty,, Match 17, at lteatintaris ! Carttarronshire;'Montiay', Mitrelt.9.A, pit Carhari•on. Merionethshire, Saturday, Miirclt 18, at Bala. kAItNIA.ItTHEN CIRCUIT; Samuel Heywood, Sergeant-at-law; Juhn Balguy, Cardi;an, IVednosday, Mardi is. Haverfordwest, Nlatell 24. -- Carmarthen, M.nday, March -SO. BANKFtUC'F'S. J. Miller, Regent's-terrace, King' . s• mail, Chelsea, merchant, to surrender Feb. It, 28, and Nlarcb 31. at ten, at Guild- Attornies,•Messri. Knight and Freeman, llitsinghall street-. - - - - - W 7.8 Werintor ' e S-^ , ersetshire, )lor‘e-c!ealer; Mtrch 3, at two. 4, at ten, and 4 , at two, at Ow Counntergial Room , Bristpt. 'Attornies, Mes4s. Adlington and Gregory, Bed ford-row, London ;and r, iteeve6, G!astontinry. R. S. walker, East Smithfield, colour-manufacturer, Feb.? 4, March 7 and 31, at twelve, at Ciuddhall. • Attornieft, Mr. o.l)aldestom, Fenchurch-street ; and Messrs. Leman, Bristgl..• H. J. V. Lou; and F. 11. Feltoe, Grear,rower-street,, wine- Inert:ha:lts, Feb. 21, March 3, and 31, t ett, at :ittilcllntil. , Mes,trs. Stietwoon and Son, t..anterbitry-stinal e, .Sontlwartz. • P. M. I'owcll, Hastitias, .librarian, Feb. 21, at two, 99, dt 'eleven, and Nlarell 31,! at ten, a( Lo idea. Attornies, Messrs. Lamb andllawke, Princes-strect, Dank pt England, London. EPivigewls, &e',ry T tnpyrow.] k. 'PROMOTIONS. (Coattuurtl frun! ye:sre'id'Ay's Papa.) . „. ~ Office of Orrlna nee, Pet). 11, 181 S. Koval Regiment of Artillery -.4.lentenant-Colunel George beshrisay, froni tliv half-trig ut ttie Regiment, to b Litu tcumit-Colonel,.vice 13ane3, Arceased. ' , • COmtnicmien in ttic'Sotith nants Yeomanry Co•lilry, sh;ned by the Vice-Liettteliant of the Gumtv of" /hint's. C;urpe,Lcieurge, Pitt Ruse, tube I.ieutenkiint. C u itm;ispiQus signed by the Lora Lientenailt 01 . theCon:Ity of Heretm7(l. . , Tole Deplttylieittotants—Vrt•dyrick 'Altelt, Ecq. ; the il,tn„ Ja'att S. - fp - els CoAs l : - Josiph ! - Ii ;.;in;, Clerk ; iii.,..is Ilicd, Lki,;,,,,,,,1in Ihrnentntlr, Clerk ;, Tinnnas Cooke, Eq. ; 5.4 - • muk.l Fitt4hesi M. 1.)..;• 3:trues Kyrie Nlmiq, Eci.;l4.'fitivii. • H ciiry r•flt;jitits, EVq''. ;''Sliij.ii•-(i'etieral (;e:;,.,....;e: Andrew Arm s!ronz; .bilitt Sherbilme, Esq.; Titinu.ts C..)leaLlit, F.,q i tilid Ethnuild l'aftsliall, Esq. M ~~ti ~~ 5